Website ROI for organic SEO

[a-b-c]

A potential client would like to see published industry reports on ROI for SEO projects before they commit to doing. Please could you point me to some credible industry reports that shows the direct impact of organic SEO.

I think that it would help if this report had organic click through rates, an increase in organic traffic as well as ranking info. if available. Thanks.

[CleverPhD]

Forget the industry standards.  This data should be in your clients analytics.  They should be able to see the %of traffic and conversion rates for organic vs paid vs direct.   I would bet that organic converts the best, and if that is true and you can increase the proportion of traffic from organic, then you have a winning solution for them that is specific to their site and industry.

[EGOL]

....could you point me to some credible industry reports that shows the direct impact of organic SEO

Most of the reports that are published are case studies of kickass results.  Nobody writes up their busts.

The real bottom line is....   ROI varies wildly from one "SEO expert" to another... and just to be fair... for some websites you need a magician instead of an SEO.

[KevinBudzynski]

Every seo engagement is completely different. Different starting points, objectives, resources and so on making this type of industrial report/comparable ROI analysis near impossible to be completed. The ones you do find typically fits someones agenda making the report extremely biased (as EGOL stated).

[SEO5Team]

Hi Scott,

Some resources that might be of help for you:

The Power of SEO

Clickz Academy White Papers

Emarketer Reports

Cheers,

SEO5..

[stever999]

This is a bit of a catch 22... The overall benefit of SEO will vary from site to site, the only way to prove it will work on your clients site is to do it!

Explain to them that optimising the content will not only improve SEO rankings but also help with converting users from others sources. This is because ultimately SEO is all about optimising your sites for user experience.

Optimised content = better user experience = more conversions = better search engine ranking!

Steve